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Asked: 2020-03-25 02:22:34 +0800 CST

How to share partition between multiple user in linux

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I want lebara user to access the files from the directory which mclaw user created. I have made sure that mclaw and lebara are having the same group. 

id
uid=333(mclaw) gid=333(mclaw) groups=333(mclaw),500(lebara)
id
uid=500(lebara) gid=500(lebara) groups=500(lebara),333(mclaw)

I want the lebara user to access only to this directory /var/opt/anritsu/mclaw/lebara2. drwx------ 2 mclaw lebara 6 Mar 24 12:54 lebara2 In /home/lebara , I wish to create a soft link like ln -s /var/opt/anritsu/mclaw/lebara2 . However with lebara user I am never able to access lebara2 folder.

lrwxrwxrwx 1 mclaw mclaw 30 Mar 24 13:18 lebar -> /var/opt/anritsu/mclaw/lebara2

Please guide me how this can be done. I tried getfactl and setfactl but not successful.

linux

1 Answers

  1. I'm not sure I completely understand your question (and the lack of formatting makes it harder) but likely the reason user lebara is not able to access /var/opt/anritsu/mclaw/lebara2, via a symlink or otherwise, shouldn't matter, is probably because that user does not have permission to traverse that entire path. Meaning: if they are not allowed to list /var/opt/anritsu, they will be stopped.

    If you want a shared directory between two users, it may be better to put it somewhere else like /mnt/shared instead of a user-specific path and then verify the correct user/group/other permissions for the entire path.

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